Has anybody got any information about a German violin maker by the name of Albin Schneider? I believe he was active in Dresden in the mid to late 19th century.
Thanks for that Fiddleshed. I have a violin with a label on the inside that simply says "Albin Schneider, Dresden". I've had it for twenty years and it was purchased in Scotland. It's had a new neck installed at some stage in its life. I can't see myself ever selling this violin. It's too much a part of me at this stage. I'm just very curious to know something about the gentleman who made this very nice instrument. I'm not at all sentimental about instruments and I'm not a collector but there is something about this old violin that, I don't know. speaks to me.
Violin maker Albin Schneider, Dresden
Violin maker Albin Schneider, Dresden
Has anybody got any information about a German violin maker by the name of Albin Schneider? I believe he was active in Dresden in the mid to late 19th century.
# Posted on June 12th 2010 by SteelPlayer
Re: Violin maker Albin Schneider, Dresden
Only this from Henley's "Dictionary of Violin and Bow Makers"
SCHNEIDER, Albin.
Worked at Dresden, 1892. Author of "Acoustical Problems in Violin Construction" (1903)
No entry in Hamma.
# Posted on June 13th 2010 by Fiddleshed
Re: Violin maker Albin Schneider, Dresden
Thanks for that Fiddleshed. I have a violin with a label on the inside that simply says "Albin Schneider, Dresden". I've had it for twenty years and it was purchased in Scotland. It's had a new neck installed at some stage in its life. I can't see myself ever selling this violin. It's too much a part of me at this stage. I'm just very curious to know something about the gentleman who made this very nice instrument. I'm not at all sentimental about instruments and I'm not a collector but there is something about this old violin that, I don't know. speaks to me.
# Posted on June 13th 2010 by SteelPlayer
Re: Violin maker Albin Schneider, Dresden
If you love it, then that's its true value.
# Posted on June 23rd 2010 by Fiddleshed